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[edit] Community News (US)
[edit] Latest News (US)
- Weekend Wrapup 7/07/08
Tabula Rasa events and community related news!
- New Assistant Producer for Tabula Rasa
Hi folks! My name is Dane Caruthers, and Iâm the new Assistant Producer on Tabula Rasa. You should be seeing me up on the boards shortly, posting as Entropic. Iâve been working on TR since the beginning of 2007 as...
- Feedback Friday 7/4/2008
Itâs Feedback Friday time, and we're here to give you an update on whatâs been going on in the world of Tabula Rasa for this week.
- Deployment 10 on PTS!
Deployment 10 is on PTS! Highlights of this build include several ability changes to make combat even faster, our new Looking For Squad (LFS) system, our famous double and tri-barrel shot guns, and a new instance map called Dybukkar Garrison...
- Tom Potter on TabulaCast!
Lead Designer Tom Potter talks to John and Matt from TabulaCast and answers YOUR questions.
- New PlayNC Pay Pal Option
We now accept PayPal as a payment option for all digital code purchases made through the PlayNC store. The PayPal payment option will show up beneath the Credit Card payment option and will require you to log into your PayPal...
- Screenshot of the Week - 7/2
This week's screenshot was submitted by Tigerborn and shows his AFS Spy ready to take the Eloh Teleporter at Trinity Bridge into the unknown....
- Promotions and Reassignments
***Incoming Transmission - AFS HQ - From: Commander Burba, call sign CuppaJo - Re: Promotions and Reassignments***
- Tabula Rasa at Comic-Con 2008!
Tabula Rasa at Comic-Con 2008! Have plans to go to this yearâs Comic-Con? If so, make sure to stop by the NCsoft booth, #5209. Youâll have a chance to meet members of the Tabula Rasa Development Team, including Community Coordinator...
- Weekend Wrapup 6/30/2008
Happy Monday! I know, I know, your weekend was WAY too short, but let's kick this week off right, with a Weekend Wrapup about your community events.
- Feedback Friday 6/27/2008
Weâve got a great Feedback Friday for you today because weâre spilling the beans on several new developments in the pipeline. Thereâs lots of stuff to share, so letâs get with it!
- Screenshot of the Week - 6/25
This week's screenshot of the week features AFS soldier Naraku Morse of Orion. In it, he and his clone show off some of the gear he has acquired through various in game events, including a General British beret and...
- TabulaCast: Episode 27
The latest episode of TabulaCast is ready for your listening pleasure!
- Weekend Wrapup 6/23/2008
It's Weekend Wrapup time! Check out these player events hosted by our friends at PlanetTR!
- A Massively Report: Behind the scenes of the AFS War College
Massively.com writer Elizabeth Harper joined us as a correspondent for the AFS War College event held last weekend. Check out the latest Massively exclusive to catch a glimpse behind the Frontlines at Destination Games.
[edit] Press (US)
- Richard Garriott Interviewed on Develop
We have an another interview with Richard Garriott today, this time on the game development website Develop.
- TR Impressions from Europe
Following on the heels various US-based previews comes a whole new slew of impressions from our friends in Europe.
- WarCry's Interview with Richard Garriott - Part Two
WarCry has posted the second part of their hands-on preview of Tabula Rasa, coupled with a Richard Garriott interview, here.
- Wired Discusses Next-Gen Multiplayer Worlds
Wired's new article about massively multiplayer games, "Next-Gen Multiplayer Worlds Are Built to Snare Nongamers", features Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa as its main lead-in. Read all about it here.
- New Preview and Interview on WarCry
WarCry has posted the first portion of a two-part combined feature on Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa, featuring a hands-on preview of the game combined with an interview of Richard Garriott.
- TR Videos: Interview and Gameplay
We also have a bunch of new interviews and gameplay videos of Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa as well: GameZone's video interview with Richard Garriott, a whole bunch of new screenshots and 10 minutes of raw gameplay footage at WarCry, and an interview with producer Starr Long at Games Radar.
- New TR Trailer at MMORPG
The new trailer for Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa is now available at MMORPG. Check it out!
- Lots of TR Previews!
A big batch of media has come through Austin to see TR and here are their previews, starting with GameSpot, MMORPG, 1UP, GameSpy and Curse.
- Tabula Rasa in PC Gamer
Tabula Rasa is now featured in a three-page preview in the July 2007 issue of PC Gamer, hitting subscribers' mailboxes and newsstands now. You can find it on pgs. 46-48, including a nifty little sidebar detailing two Tier 4 character classes, the Grenadier and Engineer.
- The Tabula Rasa Room
Kotaku just posted a quick look at our new "Tabula Rasa Room", which is sponsored by Dell, where we'll be bringing through the press and other dignitaries, as well as hold various playsessions.
- 13 Games Not to Miss in 2007
Game Lemons just compiled a list of 13 games that you don't want to miss in 2007, which included Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa (fourth from the bottom).
- Richard Garriott on G4-TV
Did you miss Richard Garriott's appearance on G4-TV's X-Play Summer Games Preview? No problem, they have his interview and the Tabula Rasa segment now online for your enjoyment. It's about halfway down the page.
- WarCry Kicks Off Its TR Q&A Series
WarCry is kicking off its twice-a-month Tabula Rasa Q&A with an interview featuring Community Manager April "CuppaJo" Burba.
- Watch G4-TV's X-Play on Friday, May 4
Richard Garriott will make an appearance on the Friday, May 4 one-hour special, the "X-Play Summer Games Preview" on G4-TV at 8PM ET. Morgan Webb and Adam Sessler will host the show, which will feature a unique behind-the-scenes look at what makes the new assortment of games so exceptional.
- Gamesindustry.biz: Massive Opportunities
Richard Garriott recently talked to Gamesindustry.biz about his views on the state of the massively multiplayer game market he helped create.
[edit] Server News (US)
- The Pegasus server will be unavailable today from 1:00pm to 2:00pm CDT for an emergency maintenance resulting from last night's outage. Starting at 1:30pm, the login authentication will be offline approximately 15 minutes. Players will be unable to login
The Pegasus server will be unavailable today from 1:00pm to 2:00pm CDT for an emergency maintenance resulting from last night's outage. Starting at 1:30pm, the login authentication will be offline approximately 15 minutes. Players will be unable to login to...
- Network Maintenance
A Network Maintenance will be carried out today between 6:00AM and 7:00AM (Central Time). This will affect connection to the Pegasus server and may interfere with connection to other servers as well. We apologise for the inconvenience....
- Daily Server Maintenance Schedule
Tabula Rasa has a server maintenance outage window reserved from 4am to 6am CST daily. Please note: while we are reserving this daily two-hour period for maintenance updates, they will not necessarily require the entire two hours and additional updates...
[edit] News (Europe)
- Introduction to Dane âEntropicâ Caruthers
Following Cuppajo’s announcement last week, we are happy to introduce our new Tabula Rasa Assistant Producer, Dane “Entropic” Caruthers. Read on to find out who he is!
- Feedback Friday - 4th July 2008
Itâs Feedback Friday time, and we’re here to give you an update on whatâs been going on in the world of Tabula Rasa for this week. Deployment 10 is now on the Public Test Server and weâd love any chance you get to take a crack at it and, to put it bluntly, break it. We had a 2 week bug fixing extension for this deployment, so we know some of you are chomping at the bit to see it. The next patch will also include fixes to some of the current D10 known issues.
- D10.2 is now on PTS
Highlights of this build include several ability changes to make combat even faster, our new Looking For Squad (LFS) system, our famous double and tri-barrel shot guns, and a new instance map called Dybukkar Garrison in Abyss. Read all of the details in our Deployment 10 Patch Notes. Please note, the character database from the Pegasus server is on PTS currently, but we will use the Cassiopeia database for our next build sometime next week. We encourage you to use the PTS Level Command and Grey Market Vendors to help in your testing. As always, please make sure to send us your feedback using the Feedback Form, and report any bugs you see by typing /bug. Want to try Deployment 10, but you haven’t installed the Public Test Server? It’s easy! Just follow these simple instructions.
- Emergency network Maintenance - Thursday 3th July
A Network Maintenance will be carried out at 7pm British Summer Time (20H00 Continental Time) tonight and may affect access to all Tabula Rasa servers for an hour, until the scheduled of the maintenance at 8pm British Summer Time (21H00 Continental Time). The impact on the game servers should be minimal but if you loose connection or cannot log in to the servers between or around those times, then it is probably due to the Network maintenance. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!
- Join NCsoft at Games Convention 2008!
The wait is almost over! This summer NCsoft will be attending the Leipzig Games Convention, where players can meet the community team and that includes Kerenski and me, Avatea too! You’ll also be able to win swag and go hands on with the hotly anticipated Aion: The Tower of Eternity. Yes, you read right… now find out how.
- The AFS Summer Lottery - Friday 11th July 2008
Soldiers Chae and Mutilator are organising the 2008 AFS Summer Lottery on Centaurus next Friday, 11th July 2008. Starting from 6PM British Summer Time (19H00 Continental Time), you will be able to register with Chae at the Cellar Arena, until 7PM BST (20H00 Continental Time) when 11 numbers will be drawn randomly by Mutilator. What is there to be won? Amongst other prizes, you will have the opportunity to win a Black Beret graciously provided by General British as well as some Skill & Attribute Respec tokens. For more information about the event, take a look at the official AFS Summer Lottery page.
- Special TabulaCast Episode 28
TabulaCast Episode 28 is now up, grab it here. This episode of TabulaCast is an interview with Tom Potter lead designer of Tabula Rasa.
- Feedback Friday 27th June 2008
Weâve got a great Feedback Friday for you today because weâre spilling the beans on several new developments in the pipeline. Thereâs lots of stuff to share, so letâs get on with it!
- Deployment 9 is now live!
D9.6 is now live for your fighting pleasures!
Highlights:
- Eight Control points across the game have had modifications made to walls and layout.
- It is now possible to wager items for increased Prestige Gain in combat actions and to gain Prestige by fighting other players.
- Squad merge functionality.
- The Realtime Quality Scaling (RQS) system has had some improvements.
- TabulaCast Episode 27
You can grab the latest episode here. In this episode, Matt and John discuss the following topics:
- Disney land was built on MMO principles?
- Tom Potter Interview preparations.
- Feedback Friday and the AFS War College
- NCSoft Europe Podcast 3 is a Tabula Rasa Delight!
- Tabula Rasa is now available on DLGamer.
